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After 10 Years, Federal Money for Technology in Education

[Source: The New York Times, by Elizabeth Jensen, January 24, 2010]
More than a decade ago, Lawrence K. Grossman, former president of both NBC News and PBS, and Newton N. Minow, the former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, were asked by several ...

IMPACT Series Launched

IMPACT: a series of stories about films making change     How do social issue documentary films do more than just raise awareness?Are you a documentary filmmaker looking for ...

What Kind of Apps Would Your Foundation Build?

[Source: Philanthropy 2173, by Lucy Bernholz; January 26, 2010]

Pew Center: Social Media Provide First-Hand Accounts, Direct Action on Haiti

[Source: Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, January 21, 2010]
The tragic earthquake that devastated the country of Haiti on January 12 and killed an estimated 200,000 people inspired a wealth of online activity. The online communication site Twitter played ...

Social Media Aids Efforts to Help Victims of Earthquake in Haiti

[Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy, by Caroline Preston, January 13, 2010]
People interested in helping victims of the earthquake that wracked Haiti are being encouraged to text and tweet their donations and publicize their support using the new technologies. At the same ...

Reflecting on Public Media 2.0 in 2009 and Looking Ahead to 2010

[Source: Center for Social Media; December 22, 2009]This year at the Center for Social Media we featured some truly innovative projects in the Public Media 2.0 Showcase.

What’s the job for the Public Media Corps?

[Source: Current, by Nonso Christian Ugbode; Dec. 14, 2009] The setting is not ideal for video recording — an intimate din of 30 people, clinking our dinnerware and participating in ...
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Doc Films and Social Impact: Outreach, Outreach, Outreach

[Source: The Valley Advocate, by Sara Archambault; October 22, 2009]
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An Experiment Gone Right: Sesame Street at 40

[Source: NewPublicMedia.org, by Candace Clement; November 10, 2009] Forty years ago today, a man named Gordon introduced us to Sesame Street. As NPR’s Robert Smith reported, the New ...

A User's Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning

Created by the Harvard Family Research Project, A User's Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning was developed for advocates, evaluators, and funders who want guidance on how to evaluate advocacy ...